Loom-temple.



H. F: Laufen/m5.

LOOM TEMPLE.

APPLICATION FILD AUG. 20.1917.

nonne r. :.Iv'nmfrorm, oF'iBRooxLINE, MASSACHUSETTS.

LooMfrEnrLE-i To all wkomz't may concern Be itknown that I, HOMER Lrvnkmonn,

a-citi'zen of the United States, residing at Brookline, in the county-'of Norfolk-and' State of Massachusetts, have invented cere' tain new and useful Improvements in Loom'-l Temples; aildI` dov herebydeclare theV fol# lowing Ito be a full, clear,`and exact description of the invention, such.. as will, enable others skilled in the 'art tol which ith apperv tains -tol make andfuse the same.

v 4tured, will be durable and eiiicient in opera- The present invention relates tofgan im p rovement in loom temples, and more partlcularly the invention relates to an, improve# ment inthe construction of loom temple heads. 4 ,Y The object of the invention is to produce;

an improved construction ,'o'f loom temple tion and be capableof adjustment' to any desired angular relation'with respect to thetemple vbar upon which it is mounted- To the accomplishment of this object, thev invention consists in'the improved loom tem- .l ple hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the" appended claims. v V

The preferredform in which it is contern` plated4 embodying the invention is ,I illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in

` which Figure 1 is a-plan, partly in section,

of the improved loom temple; and Fig; 2V

is a plan,lpartl in section, similar tol Fig. 1,

`showing a mo 'liedv form of the inventlon.

The improved'loom temple illustrated in the drawings comprises a temple headl, 4which in General outline and construction may be o? any usual orl preferred form. Rotatable on the temple headand covered-l by the cap 5 is the usual temple .roll6 for engaging the woven cloth and keeping it under the requisite tension. Thetemple head 4 is supported in operative position by a temple bar `7, which is arranged longitudinally of the breast beam of the loom and is yieldingly pressed toward thelay in Well-known manner, asshown in the patent to C. F. Thompson, No. 7 52,606, so that the temple headmay giveorward slightly on eachbeat-up 'of the lay as the reedbeats ,l

the filling or weft against the fell.v The temple head 4 is provided with a neck 9, through which is formedv an opening 1U adapted to receive the temple bar 7, said openm 1.0 beingfsubstantially parallel with the axis of the temple roll so that the latter may be held.,

Specification of Letters' atent., A '-fatente Jullie d, i918. application mea Angus/20, 1911". 'seri'l'umsj'moek transversely .of'th'ewarp threads.' In order i the temple jbar 7 so as to bringithe temple roll into any l desired `angular 4 relation with' the warpv threads, .a semicircular adjust--` 'ment shoe .or gib 11"(referring to Fig. 1')

15 'of the temple bar? is'adapted'to engage Y '10 the'straight slde'l 1 6 of .the adjustx'nentll shoe and is pressed lthereagainst.by two` setscrews 17 threaded into the -sde- 18. of 'the Atemple v neck 9. It will be, notedthat a spaceS vsepa- AArates the semi-circular sidej.of the adjustment shoe from the; adjacent correspond- 'l inglyfshapedjsideof the opening'I 10.-' This is to -aiford. thejadjustment shoe such freedom of movement'. that the temple'head may be adJus'ted te` the desired, angular 'relation with respect to the temple barr The' above described construction is `such that when one of the setscrewsisloosened and the other is tightened, the angular relation ofthe temple roll withrespectto. the'templebar, and so also its angularrelation with res ect to the warp threads, ischanged. Tlus construction also permits the longitudinal adjustment of the temple heady on the temple A,that thetemple head l,may be `adjusted uponA `eo 1i;

bar so as to y'accommodatev the tem le head' to different widths of cloth.4 In ad 'tion to the setscrews- 17,. two additional setscrews 20 (shown -in -thedrawings in dot and dash lines) are provided" to secure the temple- .-head'in adjusted position." These screws 20 are threaded intoathetop side (not shown inthe drawing's) of the temple vneck and taikebagainstj the flat upper side of the tem- `e ar.' P The essential feature ofthe above-described construction by which the 'angular adjustment of' thetemple 'head is effected,

lies in having vthe temple'head fulcrumed on a fixed ivot.l point which is located substantially alf.- .way of 4the opening 10 throughfthe temple neck 9. In embov ylng this idea of a ixedpivot point for thetemple head to `fulc'rum upon, it will be recognized that it may be vembodied otherwise than as shown in Fig. 1; For example, it

-110 ltrated in Fig.Vv 2,'which shows a pivot point v'22hprojecting laterallyV into the opening 1Q.

may be embodied in the modified form illusl@ r and so also with respect to the warp This pim 'point 22 lies' substantially half4 way between the oppositeends of the opening 10,-and is adapted to be engaged by the i temple bar 7 which is forced against the pivot point .by the setscrews 24. The construction ofthe modified form of the invention shown in Fig. 2 is such that when one.

of the setscrews VQllis loosened and the other is t' htened, the angular relation of the temp e threads, will be changedin the same manner as when one o the'set screws 17 in the form of the invention shown in Fig. 1 is loosened and thecther is tightened.' e

Having thus described the invention, what l. claim is:

l; A loom temple having, in combination,

a temple bar, a temple head having a neck head with respect to the temple bar,

providedwith an opening toreceive'the temple bar, a fixed pivot point.' 1n the temple neck substantially .halfway between the ends of-,the'opening, and means for rockingsaid temple head about the liked pivot pomt to hange itsangular relation to the, temple 2.4 A-loom'temple having, in combination,- a temple bar,- la temple head having a. neck' provided with an opening to receive the temple bar, a fixed pivotoint lin the -temple the opening in position to be engaged by one edge of the temple bar, and means for enthe opposite edge of the temple bar 35 y the temple head may be fulcrumed where on the' pivot point.

HOMER F. LIVERMORE.

80 neck located substantia y half way between l the ends of the openingvandprojecting into' 

